Let's continue our Desert shopping tour now with some Rancho Mirage shopping highlights. Just minutes from Palm Springs (travelling east on Hwy 111) is the upscale residential community known as Rancho Mirage. Known as the “Playground of Presidents,” the town is blessed with some of the finest resorts, country clubs, and shopping districts around...
The 30-Acre waterfront destination known as The River is the focal point of shopping and entertainment in the area.
Nestled in the heart of Rancho Mirage, this retail oasis boasts of premium stores, deluxe dining experiences, and a Century Theaters multiplex that draws over a million people per year.
Some of the hot spots include Ulta, the mega beauty chain (think Sephora with drug store goods and a salon) that carries such gotta-have-it brands like Urban Decay, Joey New York, and Hard Candy.
...And the recently overhauled Bath and Body Works, highlighted by Black Currant candles by Henri Bendel, Plump Gloss by Goldie, and the to-die-for Honey and Shea Sugar Scrub by Le Couvent des Minimes.
Locals like to relax at Borders Books and Music, which features an exceptionally good café and coffee bar, or breathe in vintage Havana at the Cohiba Cigar Lounge, with its piped-in Cuban music, copper sheen, and rum-scented smoke from the sacred Esplandido, the Rolls-Royce of cigars.
More Rancho Mirage shopping highlights...
Audio and video aficionados won’t want to miss Bang Olufsen, one of the most celebrated carriers of streamlined technology and design. Check out the new BeoCenter 2, a sleek entertainment system that adds DVD playback to CD and radio sources, or the wafer-thin plasma TV screens, or the aluminum speakers shaped like light sabers.
For that "Sideways" experience, try the Tulip Hill Winery, a vintner’s delight with selections from the famed vineyard available daily. Experience the 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah blend with bright cherry, honey, and toffee flavors that slowly transform into raspberry, caramel and clove. Or the 2002 Mt. Oso Chardonnay, with light aromas of banana, pear, citrus, honey and a hint of hazelnut. There is also an excellent assortment of cheese, olive oils, spreads, and gift baskets to please every palette.
The next stop on our shopping tour:
Let's run over to world-famous El Paseo!
- the next stop on our shopping tour of the Coachella Valley is Palm Desert...Palm Desert shopping highlights include a stop at world-famous El Paseo - the "Rodeo Drive" of Palm springs.